A RARE IRON-RUST GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER WITH MATCHING STAND, MID-QING China, 18th century. The censer of bombe form and set with two elongated D-shaped handles at the rim, covered in a reddish-brown glaze suffused with minute iridescent black flecks, the interior and the ends of the feet left unglazed, revealing the buff ware. The stand modeled as overlapping leaf petals with a cash coin in the center and similarly glazed save for the ends of the feet and the underside. (2) Provenance: From a private collection of American expatriates avidly collecting Chinese art in Hong Kong during the 1970s and 1980s, thence by descent. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, the stand with a small chip to the underside. Weight: 734.5 g (the censer) and 234.9 g (the stand) Dimensions: Width 17.5 cm (at the widest points), Height 15.5 cm (incl. stand) Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related iron-rust glazed censer, but lacking the matching stand, at Christie's Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 28 May 2021, lot 2996, bought in at an estimate of HKD 500,000-700,000. 明代中期罕見鐵鏽花釉橋梁耳三足爐及相配底座中國，十八世紀。雙橋梁耳爐式，線條圓潤流暢，通體施鐵鏽斑釉，釉色呈斑駁的深赭褐色，間雜鐵灰色金屬斑，內部和腳底未上釉，露出淺黃色的器皿。底座呈蓮葉狀，中央一個銅板紋。 來源：香港一個熱衷於中國藝術的美裔私人收藏與1970至80年代購得，保存至今 品相：品相極好，輕微磨損和燒製缺陷，底座底部有小開片 重量：734.5 克(爐)，234.9 克 (底座) 尺寸：寬17.5 厘米 (最寬処), 高15.5 厘米 (含底座) 拍賣結果比較：一件相近的鐵鏽花釉爐，但缺乏匹配底座，見香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2021年5月28日 lot 2996, 估價HKD 500,000-700,000.